2.17.06
Reading a really cool book right now : 'GIMME AN R!' by
Brian Vollmer. It is the autobiography of the lead singer of Helix
& the man sure can paint the picture! Starting out in a Canadian
bar band myself, I played many of the places Brian Vollmer describes in
his book & it is really cool Brian Vollmer has written down the
details of things I was too loaded to remember!! Helix is one of my
earliest favorite bands & the video for 'ROCK YOU' kicks fucking
ass to this day. CLICK
HERE
FOR 'GIMME AN R!"
2.15.06
EDDIE
TRUNK FRAMESHIFT 2 SPECIAL: PODCAST PART 2 ONLINE NOW!!
Sebastian Bach Podcast on
iTunes ! A 'Bachcast' if you will ! I carry my Ipod with me wherever I
go so I figured why not
utilize the technology! The mind boggles at what I could put on your
Ipod - full concerts / unreleased songs/ demos / interviews / videos /
lyrics / tourdates etc. Basically I can put whatever I want on a
BACHCAST
& that suits me just fine!
The first Bachcast is the Eddie Trunk Friday Night Rocks Q104 FM
Radio 'Frameshift 2 Special' that was done in New York City on October
28 2005. As far as I know this was the only Frameshift promotion
done in New York City & Q104 is the biggest radio station in
the country, so it is awesome I can share this interview with the whole
world via iTunes .... for FREE!
DOWNLOAD PART 1
DOWNLOAD
PART 2
~Interview posted with
permission from Eddie Trunk~ for more info check out eddietrunk.com
NOW PLAYING @ MYSPACE.COM/SEBASTIANBLOG:
The coolest thing
about Myspace is that I get to play DJ &
choose the songs I want you to hear. The fact that I can make it
play only, & not be available for download, enables me to, in
effect , turn the myspace page into an internet radio station & let
you hear some truly obscure stuff. Just you wait & see!
Playing right now @ www.myspace.com/sebastianblog is:
1. "Believer" with Dimebag Darrell on guitar from Randy
Rhoads Tribute
album (Japan)
2. "Blade Part 1" from Frameshift 2: An Absence Of Empathy
3." I'll Never Turn My Back On Rock'N'Roll" from BRING 'EM
BACH ALIVE!
4. "This Is The Moment"from Jekyll & Hyde: The
Musical Recorded Live @ The Ed Sullivan Theater NYC
2.09.06
MONSTER
BALLADS: THE PLATINUM EDITION
DEBUTS AT #18 ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUM CHART!
I'm
sure many of you have seen the TV commercial out now that starts with
the "I Remember You" video. The commercial is for a new compilation
album called "Monster Ballads: The Platinum Edition" that has sold
44,000 copies in it's first week! The compilation debuts @ #18 on the
Billboard Top 200 album chart next week. I am blown away.
2.08.06
Hey freaks ! Due to Bachular
demand, I have set up a Sebastian Bach Myspace page. I tried to use
"Sebastian Bach" for the url but some band from Turkey took that.
So then I tried "Official Sebastian Bach" but some scumbag took that
one too ! So for now the url is myspace.com/sebastianblog until I get
the identity stealers off Myspace. The reason I finally made a
Myspace page is to shut down the MANY imposters on this site ! I still
don't really understand all this , but for now sebastianblog is the
OFFICIAL Sebastian Bach Myspace place, no matter what anyone else tells
you. I will always update sebastianbach.com first, but once I get the
hang of Myspace I will get into it if I dig it. Thanks.
New
Internet only Album ! Skid Row 'Hi Five' (Atlantic/Rhino) contains the
songs Youth Gone Wild, 18 & Life, I Remember You, Monkey Business,
& Wasted Time. Click
here to download the whole album for $3.96 !
2.02.06
This truly is a momentous day in Bachstory! I have a new
manager. I am pleased to announce that Scott Koenig & King Artist
Management will now be taking over the business side of things. 2006 is
going to be a very busy year & to have Scott helping out with
managing the new record & tour will certainly make the job of
making music alot easier for me!
1.31.06
BACH
ON NEW
RUSH DVD:
R30
I make a very short but very cool appearance
on the brand new Rush DVD: R30! What an honour it is to be included on
a retrospective of the career of one of my favorite bands of all
time. Trivia note: the DVD was produced by my old friend
Rich Chycki, who was my guitar player in the mid 1980's in Toronto. We
recorded many songs together, including "Saved By Love Again" which is
the song I sent to Skid Row which made them hire me. After I left the
band (which was first called 'Hope' then it was called 'Sebastian')
Rich hired a cool singer from Northern Ontario named Kevin. I remember
Rich introducing me to Kevin at one of my soundchecks at Rock'N'Roll
Heaven in Toronto circa mid - '80's. Kevin joined the band with Rich
& they changed the name from 'Sebastian' to 'Winter Rose'. They
re-recorded 'Saved By Love Again' & the other songs I did with Rich
& eventually released the material in Japan. Kevin changed his name
to James LaBrie & joined Dream Theater! The rest is prog-rock
history! Congrats Rich on producing R30, great job!
Click here to buy it!
Remembering Jesus
Asbury Park Press
New Jersey
1.27.06
Johnny
Chromatic, Steve DiGiorgio, Bobby Jarzombek, Webmaster Baz, Metal Mike:
BACH IN BRAZIL 2005 Pix Courtesy Bobby Jarzombek
The photo above was taken backstage in Porto Allegre
Brazil when we played there in November! Click the pic to surf on over to the
pictures page to see more!
~Brazil 2005 tour pix courtesy Bobby Jarzombek ~
1.24.06
NEW
CD ON THE WAY!
HELLO ALL! Progress on the new CD is coming
along great. We have turned in a 13 song demo to Spitfire Records &
also a bigtime producer & have gotten an incredible reaction. We
are pretty much set on the producer for the CD but until it is
confirmed I cannnot announce who it is (stay tuned to this space!). We
are in the process of booking the studio & Spitfire has a July
release date set for the CD. The front & back cover artwork are
done. Touring plans are in the works, there are many options in the
touring department this summer & fall & I am gonna pick the
coolest touring packages available. 2006 is gonna kick ass, I am
looking forward to it!
BACH ON GILMORE
GIRLS SEASON
5 DVD BOX SET : IN STORES NOW
Check
out the continued adventures of Hep Alien (with me playing Gil on
guitar) on the Gilmore Girls Complete 5th Season DVD Box Set! My second
season on the show, this 5th season DVD Box set features, as a bonus,
never before seen interview clips with me & the rest of the Hep
Alien band - Available ONLY on the DVD! Also available: Sebastian Bach on the Gilmore
Girls Complete 4th Season DVD Box set !
SEBASTIAN BACH & WOLF
HOFFMANN NEW PIX ONLINE NOW
Wolf & Baz pix by Adam Reiver
Click this shot of Wolf Hoffmann & myself to surf on
over to the pictures
page to
see more of me in the studio with the legendary axeman! These shots
were taken by Adam Reiver from
Floyd Rose Guitars in my recording studio while me & Wolf were
working on
demos for the new CD. The music is turning out heavy as hell & man
is that a beautiful classic Flying V Wolf is wielding! Attention KISS
fans: those are 3 out of 4 original Ace Frehley artwork pieces on the
wall behind us that I own which were presented to me by none other than
the Ace man himself. They are actually numbered & autographed 1-4
out of 5000 so they are definately an important part of my KISS
collection! Behind Wolf's head is a vintage Gene Simmons poster from
1975 I got off Ebay for way too much money! Had to have it!
BACH
ON NEW VH1 SPECIAL ; PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ROB HALFORD & RONNIE
JAMES DIO
I
had the incredible experience of doing the Television Critic's
Association of America's annual Press Conference with Rob Halford
& Ronnie James Dio. Click
here for MediaWeek Article. We were there to announce the
brand new
VH1 Special "Heavy: The Story Of Metal" & what an honour it was to
be on the panel with 2 of my all time heroes! While in the green room,
I looked across the room & said to Rob Halford, " Hey man that
looks like Loni Anderson & Rob replied, "That's because it is Loni
Anderson, Sebastian". WKRP In Cincinatti is one of my all time favorite
shows & I have collected memorabilia on the show for years &
have alot of the series on VHS, & would love to find it on DVD! To
see "Jennifer Marlowe" in person was a mind-blower for me, especially
while sitting at a table having coffee with Dio & Halford! I was
too star-struck to go up to Loni & could not beleive it when she
came over to our table. She introduced herself to us, told us she
dug our hair (!), & was totally cool! She also told us about her
new show with Tori Spelling (who was also in the room, thier new show
is also on VH1) . I asked her about WKRP coming out on DVD & she
said the big holdup was music clearance, there was a ton of music in
the show & that is what is delaying the DVD release. Bummer!
Hopefully it will come out someday! I also asked her about a potential
WKRP reunion , & she mentioned Gordon Jump's passing (the "The Big Guy"
Arthur Carlson)
& she said "We couldn't do it without 'The Big Guy', you know"
which I thought was an incredibly cool thing to say. When I asked Loni
for a picture, Ronnie James Dio said "Here Sebastian I'll take it"
& this picture of Loni Anderson & myself is taken by none other
than Ronnie James Dio! How's that for a pop culture explosion! Only in
the VH1 Green Room muthatruckas! Thanks VH1 for an awesome day!
FRAMESHIFT 2: AN ABSENCE OF EMPATHY NAMED ONE OF METAL EDGE MAGAZINE'S
TOP CD'S OF 2005
I would personally
like to thank the editors of Metal Edge Magazine for voting 'Frameshift
2: An Absence Of Empathy" one of the Top 10 CD's of 2005 in the
year-end 20th Anniversary issue! Mike Greenblatt voted the CD # 2 on
his Top 10 of 2005 & Cheryl Hoahing voted the CD #8 on her top 10
of the year as well! Thanks alot guys I am very happy you dig the CD!
12.20.05
Merry Christmas muthatruckas !!!! Hope you are all having
a happy yuletide season!! May Santa bring you all some Merry Metal
under the tree!!
We are are about to enter the studio after January 1 to record the new
CD! We have over 25 songs demoed & we will be picking a producer
ASAP. The CD is set to be released in June Worldwide & then we play
everywhere on the planet. See you this summer !!!!!!!!!!
11.26.05
November
26: Poughkeepsie,
New York With
Twisted Sister, Yngwie Malmsteen, & George
Lynch @ Mid Hudson Civic Center
SEBASTIAN
BACH JOINS FORCES WITH GUITAR LEGEND WOLF HOFFMANN
Following up our
collaboration on my first solo CD "BRING 'EM BACH ALIVE!" on the song
"(I'll Never Turn My Back On) Rock'N'Roll", guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of
metal legends Accept have decided to take it to the next level &
rock out together LIVE on stage! Wolf will be joining the band live on
stage this Saturday night at the Mid Hudson Civic Center in
Poughkeepsie New York! I am so excited to be working with one of my
all-time guitar heroes & of course we are spending all our time
together working on music for the new CD which will be recorded in
January/February!
11.21.05
BACH
ON GILMORE GIRLS TUESDAY NOV. 21 ON THE WB NETWORK
Don't miss this weeks Gilmore Girls
episode entitled "He's Slippin' 'Em Bread..... Dig?" This is without a
doubt my favorite episode of the show yet featuring Hep Alien ......
all I can say is hold on to your seats because there might be a
surprise or 2 in this episode! The
Gilmore Girls is on the WB Network @ 8PM Tuesday nights. I also did
an interview with Entertainment Weekly Magazine about the Gilmore Girls
that will be in this weeks or next weeks issue so keep your eye on the
newsstands for that!
11.17.05
Hello from Porto Allegre Brazil! I am sitting in my hotel room suite
writing this & it so incredible to be touring again in Brasil! The
show last night in Rio De Janeiro was wild to say the least & we
are looking forward to another fun night tonight in Porto Allegre!
Today me & Metal Mike were interviewed on local Porto Allegre TV
News live on the air at 9PM. It was a very cool interview & they
are going to re-air the interview @ 2 PM today again on local Porta
Allegre TV! Any Porto Allegre fans reading this, video tape the
interview so I can see a copy someday ! It was alot of fun doing a TV
show with Metal Mike. SEE YOU TONIGHT PORTO ALLEGRE BRASIL !!!!!!!
11.11.05
Tonight's show at The Stone Pony is ALL AGES! You do not
need to be 21 to get in. SEE YA THERE!
I will be LIVE on the
air & on the internet on New Jersey's own WRAT Radio 95.5 FM @ 3 PM
Friday Nov. 11 before the Stone Pony show! Click for wrat.com to listen
to the interview live over the net!
BACH LIVE 2005 !!
I am proud to announce that we are playing 5 gigs in
November in New Jersey, New York, & for the first time ever I get
to bring my solo band to Brazil! I have had some incredible shows in my
career in the country of Brasil & to bring Metal Mike, Steve
DiGiorgio, Bobby Jarzombek & Johnny Chromatic with me to conquest
yet another country is something which I am truly looking forward to.
On this 4 show jaunt we will be playing some brand new tunes from
the upcoming CD which we are tentatively set to begin recording on
December 15! We will also be touching on almost all periods of my
recording career, from Skid Row to solo material to Frameshift 2
material to as-yet-unreleased songs. Can't wait to see you all LIVE
next month !!!!! To buy tickets check out the links @ the top of this
page!
November 11: Asbury
Park, New Jersey @ The Stone Pony With Special Guests PainmuseuM & Severed Hand
November
12:
Wantaugh, New York With
Special Guests PainmuseuM @ Mulcahy's
November
15: Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
@ Canecão
November
17: Porto Alegre,
Brazil @ Opiniao
11.08.05
Just
got back from Hollywood CA where we filmed yet
another episode of the WB'S #1 show, The Gilmore Girls! On the set was
none other than the legendary Carole King! She wrote the Gilmore Girls
theme song as well as Locomotion, Another Pleasant Valley Sunday, One
Fine Day, You've Got A Friend, So Far Away, It's Too Late, and many
many other songs than define her as one of the greatest songwriters in
the history of music. We had a great time hanging out & even
pulled out the acoustic guitar & jammed on Neil Young's 'Helpless'
on the Warner Brothers lot. "One Fine Day" indeed!
10.27.05
BACH
ON EDDIE TRUNK'S FRIDAY
NIGHT ROCKS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT ON Q104 RADIO !
I will be co-hosting Friday Night Rocks with my good bud
Eddie Trunk this Friday night on Q104 WAXQ FM Radio in New York City !
Tune in
for a mind-blowing life-altering announcement! We will be
cranking material from Frameshift 2: An Absence Of Empathy LIVE
on the show & talking about the upcoming shows & CD. Talk to ya
Friday night!
OVER 50 BRAND NEW PICTURES FROM ROCK THE
PARK 2005 UP NOW ON THE PICTURES PAGE
10.18.05
Look out POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK we are LIVE @ The Mid
Hudson Civic Center on November 26 along with Twisted Sister, Yngwie
Malmsteen, & George Lynch! See ya there it is a killer venue &
we will tear it up!!!!!!!!!!!! Click
here to buy tickets !
Also on the bill at the Stone Pony & Mulcahy's are PainmuseuM! Yes that's right
Metal Mike & Bobby Jarzombek will be opening up for themselves at
these gigs! They are that good.
If that's not enough good vibes for one evening, New
Jersey's up & coming Metal Lords Severed Hand will also take the
stage at The Stone Pony! Let's rock!!
10.12.05
I have collaborated with
one of my guitar heros MICHAEL SCHENKER on his new CD 'Heavy Hitters'.
Together we do the the Jimi Hendrix song 'I Don't Live Today'. I
recorded the vocal in England last year on tour & it is an honour
to play with one of my favorite guitar players of all time ! Click
here to buy the CD!
The Gilmore Girls Complete
Fourth Season DVD Box Set is in
stores NOW!!
This box set features my very first appearance on the show
as
well as more episodes chronicling the adventures of HEP ALIEN & Gil!
CLICK HERE TO BUY GILMORE GIRLS 4TH SEASON BOX SET FROM AMAZON.COM !
10.11.05
I am happy to say that on the whole I am very
pleased with the Frameshift 2 'An Absence Of Empathy' CD mixes. I am
especially proud of the song 'Blade'. Henning did a great job on the
final mix of this song. I would have to say that, at the moment,
'Blade' is my favorite song I have ever recorded in my 20 year career.
It went over great with the crowd when we did it live in Italy & NJ
this summer, & we will definitely keep the song in the set for the
4 shows in November! I also think that the CD mixes of
'Miseducation' & 'What Kind Of Animal' are incredible. I would not
change a thing about these final mixes. Click
here to buy the CD.
Unfortunately, I cannot say I am %100 happy with every
final mix on the CD. I of course did not hear the CD before it was put
in the stores, & if Henning would have honoured his word, we would
have ended up with a CD that we were both
completely proud of. Who knows, maybe someday we can get together again
& make this happen. I am certainly not holding my breath for that.
I thought you all might be interested to hear some of the
rough mixes of the songs from 'An Absence Of Empathy'. These were
recorded directly after the vocals were recorded. I never leave a
studio without a record of my work that particular day & I am sure
glad I don't. I truly believe that the rough mixes of these songs have
something to offer that the CD versions ultimately do not.
Push
The Button
Music: Pauly Lyrics/Melody: Bach/Cash/Evers/Pauly
ASCAP
I
Killed You
Music: Pauly
Lyrics/Melody: Bach/Cash/Evers/Pauly ASCAP
I posted this song for 2 reasons specifically. Number one, I hate
'auto-tune'. The trend in producing vocals these days is very different
to the approach when I was recording the albums 'Skid Row' & 'Slave
To The Grind'. Now it is very common practice to take a lead vocal
track & put it through a computer to make it sound absolutlely
perfect. To remove each & every breath. To alter notes if you so
desire in the final mix. This rough version is actually what I sang, what came out of a real live
human being's mouth, & heart, & soul, & mind. Those of you
who have the CD can have fun trying to spot the words that were left as
I actually sang them, on the final mix, & the ones that were
digitally altered, with 14,000 pounds of GOOP needlessly piled on top.
For me as the vocalist who sang this, & helped co-write the melody
& words of the song, it is very easy to tell!
Number 2, this rough mix contains my absolute favorite Henning
Pauly guitar work I have ever heard. The guitar tone & playing by
Henning on this rough mix of 'I Killed You' are to me far superior to
the CD final mix. Henning's lead guitar tone & playing in this
rough mix have brought a tear to my eye on more than one occasion. I
was very surprised when I finally listened to the CD, that Henning went
in & replaced all his lead guitar work on this track. This is some
of the tastiest & most heartfelt guitar playing I have heard in
years.
This Is Gonna Hurt
Music: Pauly Lyrics/Melody: Cash/Evers/Gordon/Pauly
In
An Empty Room
Music:
Pauly Lyrics/Melody: Bach/Cash/Evers/Pauly ASCAP
My vocal is a little too loud in the verses of this mix, but I
posted it for one simple reason. The rough mix makes me cry. The mix on
the CD does not.
So if you don't have 'An Absence Of Empathy' yet, I hope the
rough mixes above will get you interested in checking out the actual
CD. If you already have it, hearing these roughs might give you a
perspective on the music that you don't get from the final CD. Bottom
line is, dump these mp3's into your Ipod & rock out!!! Enjoy!!!